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WINDOW REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICAHON FILED NOV. 11. 1920.

1,372,592, Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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GEORGE L. BIDDLE, OF BELMAB, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE B. SEXTON, OF ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-REFRIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. BIDDLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belmar, county of Monmouth, and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to window refrigerators, and particularly to a structure of this character to be used in flats, tenements, and the like.

The primar object is to provide a refrigerator to e hun on the outside of a window to swing bac or to one side out of the sight of the window, and which can be swung into the opening of the window when access is to be had thereto.

A further object resides in so construct ing the body and supporting structure that inward movement of the body to swing through the window opening is stopped, and in arranging the door of the refrigerator to open and extend beyond the side thereof to close the entire opening of the window left by raising the sash, and to thus shut out cold air and storms which would otherwise drive in while the refrigerator is in use.

Yet another object is to provide means by which the body is hin ed adjacent the window, and means by w ich the refrigerator is retained when swung out, together with means by which the body is held when swung into position before the open window.

With these and other objects in view which will be apparent from the drawings, specification and claims, this invention includes certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will now be set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is. a perspective view showing my invention hung adjacent a window and disclosing the relative position when the refrigerator is swung out.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the refrigerator swung into the window and closing the opening left by raising the sash.

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of the refrigerator as it would appear in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

Fig. 5 is a view in front elevation illustrating the parts in the relation in which they are shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the bottom hanging for a refrigerator body.

The body portion or provision safe 1 is rectangular in plan and is constructed upon the bar 2 which is of substantially the width of the window on which the refrigerator is to be hung. The body 1 and the bar 2 are of a combined height corresponding substantially to the height of the lower sash of the window.

The body has a bottom and is fitted with one or more shelves 3 upon which foodstuffs and the like can be placed, access being had to the same through the door opening 4. Due to the fact that the refrigerator must be swung from the window casing or other framing portions adjacent thereto it will not be expedient to make the body portion of a width corresponding to the full width of the window, as the overhanging weight would be too great, and therefore a space is left above the bar 2 at one side of the body portion. A door 5 is mounted by hinges 6 to close within the opening 4 and to swing back, as shown in Fig. 5, to fill the space above the extending end of bar 2.

Hinge strips 7 and 8 are securely fastened at the top and bottom of the body portion 1 with their bearing ends extending diagonally from one corner substantially as shown in Fig. 6, and if desired these strips might be extended entirely across the body to give reinforcement thereto. If desired. the hinge strip 9, as shown in Fig. 7, having a brace rod 10 associated therewith might be mounted on the bottom of the body portion to give additional bracing support to the mounting of the same.

A retaining rod 11 is connected on bar 2 by a staple 12, this retaining rod having a hooked end 13. Adjacent its outer end the bar 2 carries a staple 14.

In use bearing pins 15 and 16 are secured in the window casing 17 and are received in the openings of hinge strips 7 and 8 to give the refrigerator structure swinging mounting adjacent the lower sash. A staple 18 is provided in the sill to receive the hook end 13 of rod 11, and a hook 19 is mounted on the sill to catch within staple 14. By this mounting of the structure the refrigerator can be swung to a position to one side of the window and when the book 13 is fitted within staple 18 the refrigerator is retained in Cir -lower sash is raised and the retaining rod is released the refrigerator can be swung 1n over the window opening where access can be had to the same, bar 2 limiting movement of the body into the room. In this relation the space above the extending end of bar 2 is open to admit cold air and storm, and therefore door 5 is opened to the position shown in F 5 and when the structure is swung in close to the window and is secured by hook 19 the door and body extend to close the entire opening left by the lower sash, as shown in Fig. 2. The window can be raised and lowered to open and close access to the refrigerator body, and when the window is raised the opening thereof is closed except through door opening 4t of the refrigerator body.

\Vhere a hinge structure such as shown in Fig. 7 is employed additional bracing is given to the mounting, and with this struc ture it may be found desirable to use eyelets within the window casing 17 and to employ a hinge rod 20 extending through these eyes and the bearing openings of the hinge strips. Such structure, and others which might be employed in this connection, are old in the art and will be readily understood in view of which further description and showing of these points is omitted.

While, in the foregoing, I have described specific embodiments, and have mentioned only certain possible modifications, it will be appreciated that in practice I do not limit myself to'sueh specific details as herein set forth, but may resort to any practical modifications falling within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A window refrigerator including with a body portion, a hinge mounting by which said body portion is swung from one side of a window casing, and a bar incorporated with the body portion extending beyond the ing'upon a window frame and made of a height corresponding substantially to the height ofthe lower sash of the window and of a correspondingly narrower width, hinge mountings by which 'the body portion is swung from one side of the window frame,

said body portion being provided with a door opening through which access is had to its interior and having a horizontal bar embodied in its front construction to extend beyond the outer side thereof and of a length corresponding substantially to the width of the window, and a door hinged on said body portion to close within the door opening thereof and to be opened out to fill the space above the extending end of said bar. I

3. A window refrigerator including with a body portion to be given swinging mounting upon a window frame and made of a height corresponding substantially to the height of the lower sash of the window and of a correspondingly narrower width, hinge mountings by which the body portion is swung from one side of the window frame, said body portion being provided with a door opening through which access is had to its interior. and having a horizontal bar embodied in its front construction to extend beyond the outer side thereof and of a length corresponding substantially to the width of the window, a door hinged on said body portion to close within the door opening thereof and to be opened out to fill the space above the extending end of said bar, a retaining rod to hold the body portion when swung away from the window, and a hook to secure said bar when the body portion is swung in adjacent the window.

In testimony whereof I aflix m si nature.

GEORGE L. IDiiLE. 

